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Travis family’s Vanderbilt legacy grows
September 5, 2013
He was a successful, self-made businessman, and she was a pioneering nurse, but the many professional accomplishments of Nancy and Hilliard Travis were eclipsed only by their ongoing generosity to the community, especially their beloved Vanderbilt. The most recent example is a generous gift to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for student scholarships, and…
Pinning ceremony celebrates VUSN students
August 8, 2013
Nearly 300 Vanderbilt University School of Nursing students received their professional pins of Nursing at a ceremony held Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in downtown Nashville. Together, VUSN Dean Linda Norman, DSN, MSN, and VUSN Dean Emerita Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., CNM, awarded pins to 281 students before a crowd of more than 2,000…
VIGH Announces Nurses in Residence for Central Province of Kenya
July 12, 2013
The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health is pleased to award the first Global Health Nurse in Residence positions to Grace Appert and Laine Scott-Nelson. There were selected from an impressive group of nineteen applicants representing a wide range of employed nurses, nurse practitioners and soon-to-be graduates.
Schorn named to key post at VUSN
July 11, 2013
Mavis Schorn, Ph.D., CNM, has been named senior associate dean for Academics at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She has served as assistant dean for Academics for the past three years while maintaining an active clinical practice at West End Women’s Health Center.
New service helps patients keep glucose levels on track
July 11, 2013
Following her successful heart valve surgery at Vanderbilt, Gwendolyn English and her family faced a long journey home to Florida. Her family was concerned about the trip, because English has diabetes and her blood sugar levels had been fluctuating erratically. “We were really worried about the drive home. She could go unconscious or get very…
VUSN to offer Lean Methodology in Health Care course
July 9, 2013
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s Health Systems Management program is offering a Lean Methodology in Health Care course this fall. Lean is a quality improvement methodology first developed by Toyota and applied to numerous industries, including health care.
